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diminished

British  
/ dɪˈmɪnɪʃt /

adjective

  1. reduced or lessened; made smaller

  2. music denoting any minor or perfect interval reduced by a semitone

  3. music denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a minor third and a diminished fifth

  4. music (postpositive) (esp in jazz or pop music) denoting a diminished seventh chord having as its root the note specified

    B diminished
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His hunger for success has not diminished and winning is certainly not getting old for the teenager.

From BBC

“Sentiment remains poor, but the relationship to retail sales appears to have diminished,” they added.

From MarketWatch

“But apps still need a place to run, so I don’t think the role of Apple or Android gets diminished.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The possibility of the Rose Bowl being severely diminished is real, because it’s already happening.

From Los Angeles Times

Through a combination of green pitches and a Kookaburra ball offering greater assistance to seamers, spin has played a diminished role in Tests in Australia over the past decade.

From BBC

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